WhiteWidow
20th Sep 2023, 10:49
Hello everyone.
As I was six years old, I got diagnosed with a brain tumor. To be exact, it was and still up to this day is not clear if it is a zyst or a brain tumor (in the left mediotemporal cortex with perifocal gliosis) but it never was considered one of the bad types. Back then the doctors considered it to be either a malformation tumor or a low-grade gloomy. I also never had any complications or problems with it. Initially it was found after checking my brain because I did sleepwalk.
It was in constant monitoring for ten years and never something really happened. Last year, 13 years after it was first diagnosed, I did a new MRT for my medical class 1 examination.
The pictures showed, that the tumor is gone and that there is only a slightly visible scar on where it was.
Now, the medical examination went great and I would have gotten my medical if it would not have been for my medical history. So the doctor did send the case to the German Federal Aviation Office (LBA). This was about a year ago. They could not decide about my airworthiness so they did refer me to an external medical expert neurologist. I was there in August this year and already received his recommendation which was also sent to the LBA.
He did pronounce me unfit to fly, for all classes. His recommendation was entirely positive up to the point where he did argue that there would be a potential higher risk for epileptic seizures and that this would be the sole reason he denied my airworthiness. He did not do an EGG scan (he said because the scar was in the medial temporal lobe, that there would not be any changes to expect) or anything else than looking at and comparing the pictures I did send him and the usual neurological tests. I would not want to put anyone at risk ever, so I understand his perspective that he thinks this would be the ending already. But I do not want to give up.
As I read that letter, it sure felt like someone did hit me real hard and even now I cannot say that I do not feel grief and despair. I try to stay optimistic because the LBA has yet to check and confirm or deine his recommendation but it feels hard sometimes. How can this diagnose, which feels so final, turn around to the good? I really want to fly and I can say that I already buried my heart in aviation. I never had any (epileptic) seizures so I feel remorse that the case might be decided on something that will never happen.
If you read till here, I want to thank you. What can I do to prove that I am medically fit to fly? Is there even a chance to turn this around? Does anyone of you have had similar experiences?
I would be so grateful if anyone could share their insights or some advice with me. It would mean the world really.
Warm greetings,
WhiteWidow
As I was six years old, I got diagnosed with a brain tumor. To be exact, it was and still up to this day is not clear if it is a zyst or a brain tumor (in the left mediotemporal cortex with perifocal gliosis) but it never was considered one of the bad types. Back then the doctors considered it to be either a malformation tumor or a low-grade gloomy. I also never had any complications or problems with it. Initially it was found after checking my brain because I did sleepwalk.
It was in constant monitoring for ten years and never something really happened. Last year, 13 years after it was first diagnosed, I did a new MRT for my medical class 1 examination.
The pictures showed, that the tumor is gone and that there is only a slightly visible scar on where it was.
Now, the medical examination went great and I would have gotten my medical if it would not have been for my medical history. So the doctor did send the case to the German Federal Aviation Office (LBA). This was about a year ago. They could not decide about my airworthiness so they did refer me to an external medical expert neurologist. I was there in August this year and already received his recommendation which was also sent to the LBA.
He did pronounce me unfit to fly, for all classes. His recommendation was entirely positive up to the point where he did argue that there would be a potential higher risk for epileptic seizures and that this would be the sole reason he denied my airworthiness. He did not do an EGG scan (he said because the scar was in the medial temporal lobe, that there would not be any changes to expect) or anything else than looking at and comparing the pictures I did send him and the usual neurological tests. I would not want to put anyone at risk ever, so I understand his perspective that he thinks this would be the ending already. But I do not want to give up.
As I read that letter, it sure felt like someone did hit me real hard and even now I cannot say that I do not feel grief and despair. I try to stay optimistic because the LBA has yet to check and confirm or deine his recommendation but it feels hard sometimes. How can this diagnose, which feels so final, turn around to the good? I really want to fly and I can say that I already buried my heart in aviation. I never had any (epileptic) seizures so I feel remorse that the case might be decided on something that will never happen.
If you read till here, I want to thank you. What can I do to prove that I am medically fit to fly? Is there even a chance to turn this around? Does anyone of you have had similar experiences?
I would be so grateful if anyone could share their insights or some advice with me. It would mean the world really.
Warm greetings,
WhiteWidow